Monday

April 29, 2024

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel–Hamas war

Israeli airstrikes in Rafah and Gaza City kill at least 40 people. (Reuters)

Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war

Red Sea crisis

Houthi forces strike four ships in the Red Sea and damage the Malta-flagged, Greece-owned bulk carrier Cyclades. (The Jerusalem Post) (AP)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Odesa strikes

Four people are killed and 28 others are injured in a Russian missile strike in Odesa. Ukraine says that Russia used an Iskander-M ballistic missile with a cluster warhead in the attack. (Reuters)

ISIL insurgency in the Philippines

Five Dawla Islamiya militants are killed and three soldiers are wounded during two shootouts in Munai, Lanao del Norte, Philippines. The military were hunting the group's leader, Nasser Daud, who however escaped from the scene. (MindaNews)

Somali civil war

Five people are killed and five more injured in a bomb attack in El Wak town in Mandera County, northern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

A Mil Mi-17 helicopter of the Colombian National Army Aviation group crashes in Santa Rosa, Bolívar, Colombia, killing nine soldiers on board. (Infobae)

Two people die in a heatwave in Kerala, India. (The Straits Times)

2024 Kenya floods

2024 Kenya dam failure

At least 45 people are killed and dozens of others are missing following a dam burst in Mai Mahiu, Kenya, amid ongoing heavy rains and flash floods in the country, which have killed more than 120 people. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)